Condensed specimen book from the Boston Type Foundry
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- Publication date
- 1860
- Topics
- Printing
- Publisher
- Boston : [s.n.]
- Collection
- bostonpubliclibrary; americana
- Contributor
- Boston Public Library
- Language
- English
- Item Size
- 128.3M
At head of title: First letter foundry in New England. Established 1817
Contains a classified list of prices
Contains a classified list of prices
Notes
No paginations.
- Addeddate
- 2009-09-30 13:34:40
- Call number
- 39999063213902
- Camera
- Canon 5D
- External-identifier
- urn:oclc:record:1042461869
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- condensedspecime00bost
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t5x64122d
- Ocr_converted
- abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.37
- Ocr_module_version
- 0.0.21
- Openlibrary_edition
- OL23734435M
- Openlibrary_work
- OL15324951W
- Page-progression
- lr
- Page_number_confidence
- 0
- Page_number_module_version
- 1.0.3
- Pages
- 138
- Ppi
- 300
- Scandate
- 20090930144233
- Scanner
- scribe3.boston.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- boston
- Source
- bplsc
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 7499532
- Full catalog record
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Reviewer:
stewf
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August 17, 2023
Subject: Date is likely 1867, not 1860
Subject: Date is likely 1867, not 1860
Quoting Paul Shaw:
“Columbia's copy of this specimen book does not have the page with Gothic No. 5 (pg. 56 here). The bottom of that page has the address “55 Water Street” while the title page and all of those in the Columbia copy have “Spring Lane”. Thus, this Internet Archive copy (from the Boston Public Library) is a later edition with added pages. I think it is from 1867 as the pencil note on the back of the title page indicates since newspaper ads as early as February 1867 have the 55 Water Street address. The 1864 Boston Almanac has the company at Spring Lane but the 1867 almanac confusingly has it at Spring Lane with John. K. Rogers & Co. at 55 Water Street. However, newspapers, city directories, and other sources say 55 Water Street in 1865. In 1871 the foundry moved to 87 Kilby Street.”
“Columbia's copy of this specimen book does not have the page with Gothic No. 5 (pg. 56 here). The bottom of that page has the address “55 Water Street” while the title page and all of those in the Columbia copy have “Spring Lane”. Thus, this Internet Archive copy (from the Boston Public Library) is a later edition with added pages. I think it is from 1867 as the pencil note on the back of the title page indicates since newspaper ads as early as February 1867 have the 55 Water Street address. The 1864 Boston Almanac has the company at Spring Lane but the 1867 almanac confusingly has it at Spring Lane with John. K. Rogers & Co. at 55 Water Street. However, newspapers, city directories, and other sources say 55 Water Street in 1865. In 1871 the foundry moved to 87 Kilby Street.”
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